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  Easton Press David Copperfield Charles Dickens Leather-bound Book Collector's Edition
 
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Publisher: Easton Press
Binding: Full genuine leather
Edition: Limited Edition

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Enhance your library with this  beautiful leather bound collector's edition of Charles Dickens' classic novel.

Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written collection by Easton Press.

David Copperfield is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1850. Like all except five of his works, it originally appeared in serial form (published in monthly installments). Many elements within the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 Charles Dickens edition, he wrote, "… like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield."

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As New - Sealed in the original shrink-wrap. Flawless. A beautiful bright clean copy. Fine without any flaws. Includes extra unattached bookplate for your own personalization. A true classic for your library or office.


Includes all the classic Easton Press qualities:

 * Premium Leather
 * Silk Moire Endleaves
 * Distinctive Cover Design
 * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
 * Satin Ribbon Page Marker
 * Gilded Page Edges
 * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper
 * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
 * Beautiful Illustrations


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Film, TV, and theatrical adaptations

David Copperfield has been filmed on several occasions:

    * 1911, directed by Theodore Marston
    * 1922, directed by A.W. Sandberg
    * 1935, directed by George Cukor
    * 1969, directed by Delbert Mann
    * 1999, shown on BBC - 25/26 December 1999
    * David Copperfield (2006), play adaptation. Shown in theatres.

The numerous television adaptations of the novel include a 1966 version with Ian McKellen as David and a 1999 version with Daniel Radcliffe (of the Harry Potter film series) playing the younger David and Ciaran Mcmenamin as the older David. In this latter version, McKellen returns, this time playing the horrendous schoolmaster Creakle. There was a musical animated version in 1993, where the cast was animorphic animals (not unlike Disney's Robin Hood) and starred Julian Lennon as the voice of David (a cat). A 2000 American TV film version featured Sally Field, Anthony Andrews, Paul Bettany, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Richards and Nigel Davenport with Hugh Dancy and Max Dolbey as the adult and boy Copperfield, respectively.

A play adaptation by Andrew Halliday was warmly approved by Dickens himself, and enjoyed a long run at Drury Lane.[citation needed] The novel was adapted for the unsuccessful musical Copperfield in 1981.



About the Author


Charles John Huffam Dickens,  7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner.

Critics George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton championed Dickens's mastery of prose, his endless invention of unique, clever personalities, and his powerful social sensibilities, but fellow writers such as George Henry Lewes, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf faulted his work for sentimentality, implausible occurrences, and grotesque characterizations.

The popularity of Dickens's novels and short stories has meant that they have never gone out of print. Many of Dickens's novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form—a popular format for fiction at the time—and, unlike many other authors who completed entire novels before serial production commenced, Dickens often composed his works in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. Such a practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one minor "cliffhanger" after another, to keep the (original) public looking forward to the next installment.


Dickens pauses momentarily, pen in hand
 
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Beautiful Book December 18, 2008
Reviewer: Wilfred Postel from New Jersey, USA  
It's a beautiful book, so beautiful that one hesitates to open it for reading lest it be besmirched. It will be a present for my granddaughter.
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